Folk Musical Instruments

Folk Musical Instruments Name : Datta vithoba Naik Roll no : 2435204 Subject : Digital content creation in English Class : F Y Bcom Div : C College : Narayan Zantye college of commerce Musical instruments plays very important role in folk dances of Goa. They are as follows:- 1) Ghumat An earthern pot having two mouths, out of which one is big and the other one is narrow. The bigger mouth is covered with monitor lizard-skin, locally called as 'Gaar'. 2) Shamel This instrument always accompanies the 'Ghumat'. The base of the Shamel is carved out of 'Khair' wood and the wooden base is covered with a skin of She-goat . It is played with the help of two thin cane sticks of around 30-35 cm in length. 3) Harmonium Harmonium is one the most popular melody instruments provides support for singing part of dance as well as devotional and theatre music. 4) Kaansalem Kaansalem consists of two big gongs made of Kaashem(Bronze) and brass. The gongs are th...